Learning Administration Officer

at  Forestry Commission

JOB SUMMARY

Forest Services as part of Forestry Commission are the Government’s forestry experts. We advise nationally and locally on how to unlock the full potential of woodlands and support the forestry sector to protect, improve and expand England’s valuable woodland assets, ensuring that they continue to provide benefits to people, the environment and the economy.
You will join our busy Learning and Apprenticeships team which sits within Strategy and Transformation, a multidisciplinary team responsible for the development and continuous improvement of Forest Services.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Working closely with the Learning and Development Manager and Learning Project Officers to develop, support, and administer training which supports operational delivery in the Forestry Commission. This will involve close working with training coordinators, heads of teams, training providers and staff from teams across the wider Forestry Commission.

SELECTION PROCESS DETAILS

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
This role is a Fixed Term Appointment until 31st March 2025 with possibility of extension or permanency, but no guarantee.
As part of the application process, you will complete the following:
1. A tailored CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements, of no more than two pages. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
2. A personal statement – in no more than 750 words showing how you meet the criteria of the person specification evidence and your preferred location.
Should a large number of applications be received, the initial sift may be conducted using the personal statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
Applicants will be expected to demonstrate the essential experience person specification requirements shown above within the application responses. Failure to fully complete both sections (CV and Personal Statement) will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification. The panel will look for applications that demonstrate the best fit for the role by considering the evidence you have provided against the criteria set out in the job description and responsibilities.
Applications will be sifted week commencing 20th May 2024.
Interviews will be held week commencing 10th June 2024.
Sift and interview dates are subject to change.
We will be conducting online interviews with the use of Microsoft Teams or equivalent online communication methods. Candidates would therefore require access to a computer and internet at interview stage.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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TYPE OF ROLE

Administration / Corporate Support
Environment and Sustainability

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide high quality administrative support as part of the Learning and Apprenticeships team.
• Provide administrative support to a variety of projects.
• Collaborate in the strategic planning of all training activities.
• Assist in establishing new training activities.
• Provide end to end administrative support for training courses and events.
• Promote learning opportunities to stakeholders.
• Act as a point of contact and provide communication to stakeholders.
• Complete financial processes for training.
• Proactively resolve enquiries and requests received and take an active approach to finding an outcome.
• Use the learning management systems to maintain records and provide management information as requested.
• Manage feedback systems and processes to support consolidation of learning.
• Provide coordination and administration support for a variety of meetings as requested.
• Provide additional training support to the wider team and across the organisation.
• Analyse and provide data for management information requests and reporting.
• Support the Learning Project Officers to ensure quality assurance processes are implemented.